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@Sainsburys_Ed
completely ballsed that ride up, having done 315w for a CP test the week before, my ego got the better of me and I was aiming for 320w which was already ambitious, I then did 350w for the first 2 minutes, and spent the rest of the ride in the red and chasing, putting in far too hard an efforts on the up hill sections rather than being patient and then having to recover on the flatter sections.
will come back and read this post next time I do a 10, in the hope it reminds me that riding like an idiot both makes the ride extra unpleasant and knowing all the way through that what I had already done was going to cause me to do terribly!
I'm perfectly capable in the safety of my own garage of pacing a CP20 properly and building steadily over the ride, but was incapable of recognising this on Saturday as I was so desperate to go out and do well, so either I need to be sensible for future rides or start doing 20 minute intervals the way I do when I race!